Thursday 22 January 2015 1:54 pm

11 of the world’s 100 most sustainable companies are in the UK: Marks & Spencer, BT, and the London Stock Exchange

By: Jessica Morris

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The UK is home to 11 of the world's 100 most sustainable companies with Marks & Spencer, BT, and the London Stock Exchange all making it into the prestigious ranking.

The other UK-based companies listed were Reckitt Benckiser, Centrica, Unilever, British Land, Sky, Pearson, BG Group and Electrocomponents.

Each year media company Corporate Knights produces the ranking which measures companies' sustainability in terms of management of resources, employees and finances.

The list, which is released annually at the World Economic Forum in Davos measures, companies which are worth upwards of $2bn (£1.3bn).

Here's where the top 100 companies are headquartered:

And here's the full list:

1. Biogen Idec, United States
2. Allergan, United States
3. Adidas, Germany
4. Keppel Land, Singapore
5. Kesko, Finland
6. BMW, Germany
7. Reckitt Benckiser, United Kingdom
8. Centrica, United Kingdom
9. Schneider Electric, France
10. Danske Bank, Denmark
11. Tim Hortons, Canada
12. Outotec, Finland
13. Novo Nordisk, Denmark
14. L'Oreal, France
15. BT Group, United Kingdom
16. Marks & Spencer, United Kingdom
17. Dassault Systemes, France
18. Johnson & Johnson, United States
19. Enagas, Spain
20. Storebrand, Norway
21. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
22. Unilever, United Kingdom
23. Atlas Copco, Sweden
24. StarHub, Singapore
25. Philips Electronics, Netherlands
26. Coca-Cola Enterprises, United States
27. Statoil, Norway
28. Kone, Finland
29. Teck Resources, Canada
30. Galp Energia, Portugal
31. Nestle Oil, Finland
32. Syngenta, Switzerland
33. Nokia, Finland
34. City Developments, Singapore
35. Vivendi, France
36. Posco, South Korea
37. Telus, Canada
38. Sigma-Aldrich, United States
39. Henkel, Germany
40. Electricite de France, France
41. Westpac Banking, Australia
42. Credit Agricole, France
43. Novozymes, Denmark
44. Natura Cosmeticos, Brazil
45. Samsung Electronics, South Korea
46. DNB, Norway
47. Ecolab, United States
48. Legrand, France
49. General Mills, United States
50. Eisai, Japan
51. LG Electronics, South Korea
52. Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands
53. Agilent Technologies, United States
54. Accenture, Ireland
55. Siemens, Germany
56. Intel, United States
57. Bombardier, Canada
58. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Sweden
59. Sky, United Kingdom
60. Daimler, Germany
61. Adobe Systems, United States
62. Shire, Ireland
63. UCB, Belgium
64. Enbridge, Canada
65. Hess, United States
66. Aeroports de Paris, France
67. Sun Life Financial, Canada
68. Pearson, United Kingdom
69. Cisco Systems, United States
70. Shinhan Financial Group, South Korea
71. Johnson Controls, United States
72. Colgate-Palmolive, United States
73. Lenovo Group, China
74. General Electric, United States
75. H&M, Sweden
76. The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canada
77. Campbell Soup, United States
78. Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Australia
79. National Australia Bank
80. BG Group, United Kingdom
81. Renault, France
82. BNP Paribas, France
83. Varian Medical Systems, United States
84. CapitaLand, Singapore
85. Celestica, Canada
86. Bank of Montreal, Canada
87. Ericsson, Sweden
88. London Stock Exchange Group, United Kingdom
89. Baker Hughes, United Kingdom
90. Encana, Canada
91. Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong
92. Sanofi, France
93. Suncor Energy, Canada
94. British Land, United Kingdom
95. ASML Holding, Netherlands
96. Electrocomponents, United Kingdom
97. Prologis, United States
98. Intact Financial, Canada
99. EMC, United States
100. Essilor International, France